“When I’m able to come home and see all these guys I grew up with, especially my teammates from high school, my brothers, it’s just always a good feeling,” said Brandon Isaiah, a former Parkland student-athlete.

The larger goal was to raise 2,000 cans of food to be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina.

“We’ve been blessed, so I feel like it’s our job to be a blessing,” said Shermane McGriff, an event organizer.